Professor
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Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy
Education
Graduated in Psychology (110/110), University of Rome “Sapienza”, | 2006 |
Phd student in Dynamic, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome November | 2009 - 2012. |
Visiting PhD Student,– Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Richard Gevirtz) | 2010 - 2011 |
Visiting PhD Student, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (mentor: Dr. Mojgan Khademi) | 2012 |
Visiting scholar, Child Mental Health Services, Saint Vincent de Paul Village San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Ruth Newton) | 2012 |
Visiting PhD Student Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Mojgan Khademi) Clinical | 2012 - 2013 |
Fellowship, San Diego Psychoanalytic Center, CA. (Supervisor: Dr. Peter Libero) | 2013 - 2014 |
Biography
Gaia de Campora earned her PhD in Dynamic, Clinical e Developmental Psychology in 2013 at the Sapienza, University of Rome. Same year, she started working as a PostDoc for the same Department.
In 2014, Dr. de Campora, as Principal Investigator, is the recipient of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) Research Grant, for the research project “Maternal Skills and Overweight risk: a longitudinal study on the reflective functioning role”. Previously, she has been the recipient of the “2012 Allan Rosenblatt Award” for Outstanding Presentation in Psychodynamic Research (San Diego Psychoanalytic Center).
Research Interest
- Eating behaviors and weight related problems across the lifespan, with particular interest for the prenatal and perinatal stage of life
- Emotion regulation and attachment framework, with special attention to the intergenerational transmission processes
- Physiological evaluation of the emotion regulation processes, through the use of the Heart Rate Variability, and other indexes of the SNA functioning
- The use of the video-observation as a tool of early prevention and treatment
- Validation studies and use of interdisciplinary measures (i.e., video-feedback, biofeedback).
- Focused on the study of cross-cultural differences related to body image and to the risk factors for the onset of eating disorders.
Professional Activities:
Presenter and Promoter of the following clinical seminars: | Parental routes: individuals, couples, and families Clinical Family Center, Aprilia (IT), | May 2014 |
Building the room for maternal mind: the context of the Outpatient for at-risk pregnancies Roman Psychoanalytic Center |
October 2014 |
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Clinical interventions for eating disorders in pediatric age Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Rome |
November 2014 | |
The prevention of eating disorders Fabio Besta High School |
2008/2009 | |
Instructor for the following laboratory: | Dynamic Psychology, University of Turin. | 2015 |
Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation Strategies: the heart rate variability, University of Genoa. | 2011 | |
Psychodynamic theories and clinical cases [Main Course: Foundation of Dynamic Psychology. Prof.G.C. Zavattini] | ||
Psychodynamic theories and clinical cases [Main Course: Psychodynamic within the couples and basics of psychotherapy. Prof. G.C. Zavattini] |
Publications
- Giromini, L., Velotti, P., de Campora, G., Bonalume, L., Zavattini, G.C. (2012) Cultural Adaptation of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Validity and Reliability of an Italian Version. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1-20, DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21876, Online ISSN: 1097-4679
- de Campora G., D’Onofrio E., Zavattini G.C. (2014) Fattori di rischio precoci nello sviluppo del sovrappeso in età pediatrica. Una rassegna della letteratura. (Early risk factors for the onset of overweight in pediatric age) Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, n.2, Maggio, pp.265-294, DOI: 10.1421/77906
- de Campora G., Meldolesi C. (2014) Indicatori di rischio psicopatologico nel rischio di sovrappeso gestazionale.(Psychopatological risk indicators in women with gestational overweight) Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, n.3, Settembre, pp. 601-610, DOI: 10.1421/78505
- de Campora G., Giromini L., Larciprete G., Li Volsi V., Zavattini G.C. (2014). The impact of maternal overweight and emotion regulation on early eating behaviors, Eating Behaviors, Volume 15, Issue 3, August, Pages 403–409, DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.04.013
- Giromini L., de Campora G., Brusadelli E., D’Onofrio E., Zennaro A., Zavattini G.C. & Lang M. (2015, July 7). Validity and Reliability of the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ): Empirical Evidence from an Italian Study Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. Advance Online Publication. DOI 10.1007/s10862-015-9499-5
- Velotti P., D’Aguanno M., de Campora G., Di Francescantonio S., Garofalo C., Giromini L., Petrocchi C., Terrasi M., Zavattini G.C. (2015, Sep 23). Gender moderates the relationship between attachment insecurities and emotion dysregulation. South African Journal of Psychology. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1177/0081246315604582
- Gnazzo A., Guerriero V., Di Folco S., Zavattini G.C., de Campora G.(2015) Skin to skin interactions. Does the infant massage improve the couple functioning? Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01468
- de Campora G., Larciprete G., Delogu A.M., Meldolesi C., Giromini L. (2016). A Longitudinal study on emotion dysregulation and obesity risk: from pregnancy to 3 years of age of the baby. Appetite, Volume 96, 95-101, doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.012
- Guerriero V., Gnazzo A., Zavattini G.C., de Campora G. Quando la relazione non funziona: il maltrattamento su bambini con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico. Una revisione della letteratura. (When the relationship does not work: maltreatment on children with ASD) Maltrattamento e Abuso. (in press)